Improvement in boot and shoe heel-protectors



L. mamas. BQOI' AND SHOE HEEL PROTECT-0R.

rammed July 1-0 1877.

lNvENmR .WITNEESES gm N-FETERS. FHOTCLLITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS RICHARDS, OF BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOT AND SHOE HEEL-PROTECTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,839, dated July 10, 1877 application filed May 18, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEwIs RICHARDS, of Braintree, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boot and Shoe Heel- Protector, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, in which-- Figure l is a perspective view of a heel having my improvement attached, and with the under lift represented as removed, the better to exhibit the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the heel. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I The object of the invention is to furnish a durable heel-protector, which is not liable to become loose, and whose fastenings or attaching-screws are protected by the under lift, so that they are not exposed to wear.

a represents the heel, and b the under lift or tread of the heel. c 0 represent the metallic heel-protector. c is the thick portion or tread, and is the part exposed to wear. a is the thin portion or shank, and is the part attached to the heel by means of screws or nails d d. The under lift or tread b, being shortened and placed flush against the tread c of the protector, lies under the thin portion or shank c of said protector, thus preventing it from coming in contact with the ground, and wearing off the heads of the screws d and loosening the plate. The protecting-plate c c .occupies a large portion of the space belonging to the second lift a and a part of the space belonging to the first or'under lift. The shank is usually brought to a point, as seen in Fig. 1, as it facilitates putting together. Nails e c c are driven through the lifts and through openings in the shank 0 prepared for the purpose, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3. Thus the protecting-plate is exposed where serviceis needed, and itself protected where it is attached to the heel.

The tread a may be roughened, to. prevent slipping in winter, or smooth, as seen in the drawing, as desired.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In a boot and shoe heel, the combination, with the protecting-plate 0, having the shank o, of the shortened lift b, all arranged and united substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LEWIS RICHARDS. Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, JOHN E. FREUNING. 

